Jim Shepard

I can't hardly wait!

I've always thought the slant six would be a perfect fit (plus it's MOPAR). As I'm sure you know, there's a lot of speed equipment for these also. Maybe Tim will chime in of the K-member issue. He's done a couple of these and is pretty well-versed on the intricacies. I think he even has the templates for where to cut the frame...

Brake cable just clears the linkage and, for now, I don't have either choke or "poor man's cruise control." Since it's never cold enough I don't need them. I have the choke setting opened all the way. I might try and find a manual choke carb, though. The aluminum riser is 2" high, which was the thickness of the block I found. It didn't need to be that high to clear the choke housing, though.

Holy crap! It worked!

I'll try it Don...

Tod, that didn't work. I've got them in my Photobucket album but I can't figure out how to get them on the forum. You know, I used to post all the time. What's up? Am I getting' dumber?

Ok, I tried to upload the photos and they're too big. One's 4MB and the other's 3.8MB. I'm using a MAC so I'll try something else...

Come on! Can't someone instruct me as to posting photo?

I'd rather learn how to do it...

By the way, I took it for a drive of about 40 miles last week and I did notice a difference in acceleration. Also fuel consumption...

Ok, guys... I'm back from the mid-west and I took some photos tonight of the Stromberg WW mounted on my B2B. Now I just need to figure out how to post them. As I mentioned, I had to rotate the carb 180 degrees and insert a block between it and the intake manifold in order to clear the head. Then I fabricated the linkage to make it all work. After several years of ruminating and actually overthinking it, the linkage came together nicely. Now, if someone would kindly explain how I post from my computer, I'd appreciate it...

I might run down to your place for a test run...

I thought I remembered you had one of these also. It turned out to be so simple I couldn't believe it! Photos in about two weeks...

and manifold got mounted the other day. As I posted many years ago, I purchased a factory 2BB manifold from my good-buddy Ted and a NOS Stromberg WW from my good-buddy Reg and then proceeded to agonize for several years about the linkage issue. As everyone knows, these were primarily (exclusively?) used on MOPAR automobiles and not the trucks. The linkage is opposite on each type of vehicle. The carb is set up to accept the linkage coming across the head when used on the autos. On trucks the linkage comes up from the driver side and over the bell housing and attaches to the intake manifold. To solve this linkage problem I rotated the carb 180 degrees in order to get the linkage to line up with the throttle. This carburetor has a automatic choke that is activated by heat from the exhaust manifold. When I rotated it the choke housing wouldn't clear the cylinder head. I solved this by having a two-inch aluminum spacer made which raised the carb enough to clear the head (maybe I'll end up with some kind of ram effect...). All of that was actually the easy part. The hard part was trying to figure out the connection between the throttle linkage on the manifold (I had to tap the bosses like they are on the truck manifolds so I could use as much of the truck linkage as possible) and that on the carburetor. After I had actually produced a working mock-up and decide it would be the ticket, I started having doubts. So, I put it aside for about a year and a half. Apparently, that cleared my head enough to start thinking about a simpler design. Whereas my first model had an intermediate lever between the manifold linkage and the carburetor throttle with two activating rods, my new design is simply one steel rod (same diameter as stock) with a few appropriate bends in it. Everything worked off the truck with no hitches. It took another 8-9 months before I attempted to mount the thing, which I did a couple of days ago. I don't have the choke (as I'm running Fenton-type cast iron headers) or the poor man's cruise control hooked up but since I'm in sunny California where I've rarely used them, I figured it didn't matter. I may try and find a manual choke carb later. Anyway, I disconnected the coil wire and turned over the engine a few times in order to fill the float bowl. Reconnected the coil wire and turned it over. IT STARTED! I adjusted the idle speed a little and it purred like a kitten. I haven't had time to actually take it for a drive and make sure it'll work, but it doesn't leak at idle and the linkage doesn't bind up. Gettin' ready to fly back to Indiana and Ohio in the morning so I'll post some photos when I get back. Boy! Am I excited!

I always thought a swap for a slant 6 would be interesting. If one could find a complete car then you'd have the entire drive train. An added feature is the availability of speed equipment. I think these are nice little engines...

But, hey! He put the steering back on the wrong side...

I will be mounting a electric fuel pump as part of my 12V conversion, mostly because after I added Fenton-type cast iron headers they are extremely close to the mechanical pump and fuel lines. Anyone out there have any experience with electric fuel pumps on one of our trucks? I'm looking at one from Car Quest that pumps at 4-7 lbs. I'll be running a Stromberg two barrel on a factory manifold, 230 bored 60 over with a mild cam. Should be OK, right?

New tubes are not that expensive and are well-worth the time/grief to remove the old one...

I hate to tell you, but no one makes either of the door sills. The piece that attaches to the cab has a metal strip that screws into the side above the running board. Another piece mates to it and is attached to the door and is glued in the ridge. The two holes at the end of the doors is for the embedded push pins that hold the whole thing in place...

Yup... that's how I remember it...

So... you actually outed yourself?

Another great BBQ, great folks, great time. Can't wait for next year!

My truck will make it this year. It hasn't been on the road since last year's BBQ. I just finished bleeding the brakes and everything looks to be holding up. I'll wash it tomorrow and go for a more extended ride...